Kwik Kian Gie

Kwik Kian Gie (Chinese: ; pinyin: Guō Jiànyì; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Koeh Kiàn-gī; born 11 January 1935) is an Indonesian economist and politician who served as the Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs from 1999 to 2000, the Minister of National Development Planning from 2001 to 2004, as well as briefly serving as the Deputy Speakers of the People's Consultative Assembly in 1999. He is a prominent Indonesian economist who often wrote columns in the newspaper KOMPAS criticizing the policies of the Suharto administration in the late 1980s and 1990s.

Kwik Kian Gie
郭建義
Minister of National Development Planning
In office
10 August 2001  20 October 2004
PresidentMegawati Sukarnoputri
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded bySri Mulyani
Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs
In office
26 October 1999  23 August 2000
PresidentAbdurrahman Wahid
Preceded byGinandjar Kartasasmita
Succeeded byRizal Ramli
Deputy Speakers of the People's Consultative Assembly
In office
3 October 1999  26 October 1999
PresidentAbdurrahman Wahid
SpeakerAmien Rais
Succeeded bySoetjipto Soedjono
Personal details
Born
Kwik Kian Gie

(1935-01-11) 11 January 1935
Juwana, Pati, Dutch East Indies
NationalityIndonesian
Political partyPDI-P
Spouse(s)Dirkje Johanna de Widt
(died 2020)
Children3
Alma materUniversity of Indonesia
Erasmus University Rotterdam
OccupationEconomist, Politician
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